Self Employed Women's Association
Bhadra
About Self Employed Women's Association
Self-Employed Women's Association of India (SEWA) is a trade union for poor, self-employed women workers in India. SEWA was founded in 1972 by the noted Gandhian and civil rights leader Dr Ela Bhatt. SEWA's main office is located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, and it works in several states of India. SEWA had a membership of 966,139 in the year 2008. SEWA members are women who earn a living through their own labour or small business. They do not obtain regular salaried employment with welfare benefits like workers in the organized sector. They are the unprotected labour force of India. Constituting 93% of the labour force, these are workers of the unorganized sector. Of the female labour force in India, more than 94% are in the unorganized sector. However their work is not counted and hence remains invisible. SEWA is strongly supported by the World Bank which holds it out as a model to be replicated elsewhere
Company Facts
- Operating status: Active
- Company type: Non-Profit
- IPO status: Private
- Employees: 1,001 – 5,000
- Estimated revenue: $10K – $50K
- Total funding: $2.1M
- Last round: Series Unknown (Apr 2015)
- Website: sewa.org
- Phone: (792) 550-6444
Industries & Categories
Child Care, Education, Non Profit
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